Sunday, January 30, 2011

Kids Valentine craft

This was the perfect craft to make. We were able to do it while Simon had a quick morning nap and it involved everything that Claire loves to do. She got to colour, use scissors, googly eyes, glue, and sticky tape. (On a side note, yes I do realize that as a general rule tape is sticky. Claire calls it sticky tape thanks to Dora.)

Another great thing about this craft is that you could really cater it to such a variety of ages. Claire's nearly 3, so I had to help her cut out the hearts, and put most of the tape on BUT older kids would be able to make these with much less guidance.

1. cover toilet paper roll with sheet of white paper. (This might be a step that you could skip. It was hard for us to pick off all of the extra bits of toilet paper, so we just covered them up!)
2. cut hearts out of construction paper (can you tell that Claire cut out the purple 'heart' below?)
3. colour the hearts or draw on a face
4. add googly eyes, if you're using them
5. add decorative tape, of strips of paper to the toilet paper roll
6. tape the heart to the front of the toilet paper roll

Inspired by the finger puppet Valentines that Katie Did made last year.

New follower here! I love this craft, I have been saving rolls for a while now just in case I find something to craft with them..here it is! We are going to do this TODAY in school! Thanks for the idea!

I LOVE this! I often see adorable things I'd love to do with my two little boys, but know that they just aren't old enough to really do it themselves. This is PERFECT for my three year old though! THANK YOU for sharing! :) I'm a new follower :)

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Welcome to sweet and lovely crafts. My name is Lila and I'm a craftaholic. I have a never ending list of craft projects that I like to make while my kids are napping and an equally long list of crafts to make with my kids. Here are my favorites...